Unlimited Scholarships??

[HS_Coach_IN]

Did I read that there is a lawsuit going forward that is challenging the NCAAs right to limit athletic scholarships?

Would this not really create an unfair advantage in competition for certain schools?

On what grounds does this case even have legal merit?

 

[ClarkC]

My uninformed, uneducated guess would be that a plaintiff could claim that school X wants to give him a scholarship but is not allowed to do so. For no other form of financial aid (need-based, academic merit, arbitrary scholarships from a foundation, etc.) would anyone be prevented by an outside organization like the NCAA from giving you a scholarship. Is that a winning legal claim? Don't know.

 

[esgee48]

ClarkC is correct. Any other form of aid does not seem to be regulated by the NCAA. Only athletic ones fall under its purview, Title X, maybe? I could see a booster giving $$$ for a part time job, but the job has to be real, the student actually has to do 'the work' yada yada otw it is deemed a sham and the student athlete and booster can get into legal trouble. Hay, you could teach a booster how to shoot a basketball for 500/hr.

 

[goran_ace]

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...aa-targets-transfer-rules-scholarship-limits/